Eric Scheske

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Counter-Conduct

Counter-Conduct

Modernity is molded by the left hemisphere. It could be argued that modernity is, by definition, the culture built by the left hemisphere. As a result, folks these days tend to have atrophied right hemispheres that need to be reinvigorated in order to flourish. Part of that effort requires a revolt against the presumptions of left-hemispheric culture. The revolt is "counter-conduct," a term borrowed from M. Foucault (but used slightly differently. Counter-conduct clears the path for flourishing.

Learn to Love Your Region

Learn to Love Your Region

It might be the only effective answer to Leviathan . . . and it arguably saves lives Socialist? Liberal? Conservative? Libertarian? Anarchist? I'm none of those things. I'm a Subsidiarist. I believe in the Catholic bedrock of political philosophy, which holds the smallest units of government ought to handle

It’s Time We Recognize Noise as the Eighth Capital Sin

It’s Time We Recognize Noise as the Eighth Capital Sin

I’m thinking the list of seven capital sins — Pride, Envy, Avarice, Anger, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust — ought to be expanded to eight. This may be audacious of me, and I’m not sure what type of campaign I’d need in order to obtain official recognition for an eighth sin,

Five Things You Didn't Know About Your Community

Five Things You Didn't Know About Your Community

There’s a localism movement afoot. The Saturday after Black Friday is now recognized as “Small Business Saturday,” an effort to remind people that it’s important to support their local stores. There has been a corresponding harsh backlash against Amazon and its disturbing gains on the back of COVID.

How to Rebel Against the New Barbarism

How to Rebel Against the New Barbarism

We might be entering a new Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were a contest between the Catholic Church and barbarism. The Church won. That's not what's happening in the new Middle Ages. Here's how to deal with the new barbarism. Russian mystic and philosopher

How to be a Good Agrarian

How to be a Good Agrarian

I hung out with Michael Jordan outside Chicago about twenty years ago. No, not basketball Michael Jordan. I'm talking about Michael Jordan, the English professor from Hillsdale College. We met at a Touchstone conference at Mundelein Seminary. He saw my name tag and said he enjoyed my articles.

Hanging Out is Counter-Conduct

Hanging Out is Counter-Conduct

Derek Thompson at The Atlantic

Hanging Out is a Rebuke to the Left Hemisphere

Hanging Out is a Rebuke to the Left Hemisphere

America has a crisis: Young people aren't wasting enough time with one another. The result? Depression, suicide, and general malaise are up. Happiness is down. I've long chided my kids, especially my daughters, for making "hanging out" a priority. In my left-hemispheric world, hanging

How to Make a Cocktail

How to Make a Cocktail

The Art of Listening Opens the Right Hemisphere

The Art of Listening Opens the Right Hemisphere

Leisure and Liberality

Leisure and Liberality

Elizabeth C. Corey at First Things